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Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
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Episode 1 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Release Date: 1971-09-26 -
Episode 2 - Rasputin
Release Date: 1971-10-24Robert Stephens stars in a drama about the mysterious peasant monk who held enormous influence at the Russian court for over a decade, before his murder in 1916.
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Episode 3 - Tartuffe
Release Date: 1971-11-28 -
Episode 4 - The Cherry Orchard
Release Date: 1971-12-19 -
Episode 5 - Summer and Smoke
Release Date: 1972-01-23 -
Episode 6 - Stephen D
Release Date: 1972-02-20 -
Episode 7 - The Merchant of Venice
Release Date: 1972-04-16 -
Episode 8 - Lady Windermere's Fan
Release Date: 1972-05-14 -
Episode 9 - The Playboy of the Western World
Release Date: 1972-06-11 -
Episode 10 - She Stoops to Conquer
Release Date: 1972-07-23 -
Episode 11 - Trelawny of the "Wells"
Release Date: 1972-08-13